Remi Garde calls for support from Aston Villa fans

“His first two games, against City and Everton are not easy, but during the worldwide break he’s going to have two weeks to work with and get to know his players”, Lloris added.

Jordan Ayew pulled one back for Villa after 78 minutes to give them a glimmer of hope before Harry Kane sealed the victory for Spurs with a curling shot to round off a superb move in the third minute of stoppage time.

Comfortable game as he did his defensive job well and got up in support when possible in an all-round solid display.

Garde, who managed Lyon from 2011-2014, said: “We are in England – we need to settle in and adapt”.

The reason why the club were so delighted to announced his appointment in advance of the kick-off at White Hart Lane immediately became clear just three minutes into the match when the enormity of what Garde is taking on became clear.

Newly-appointed Aston Villa manager Remi Garde is prepared for the “difficult task” at Villa Park but is confident he can turn the club’s future around.

Garde was watching on from the stands and he will have learned a great deal from his side’s defeat. Villa are struggling for goals and that showed, with neither Rudy Gestede nor Gabby Agbonlahor offering much threat before Ayew’s deflected second-half strike.

Since then Villa have lost nine out of 10, with their only other point coming in the 2-2 home draw against fellow strugglers Sunderland on August 29, but the new manager insists they have the right “spirit” to avoid the drop. The forward looked bright when he came on and surely needs to be given more games, and confidence, under his new manager. “In order to have that you need to behave in a certain way”.

“Gerard told me a lot of good, positive things”, he told AVTV.

The Villans have had an appalling start after losing their star players this summer and bringing in 13 new faces under new sporting director Hendrik Almstadt.

Lerner is desperate for Garde to “harvest this talent” and ensure Villa do not “buckle under pressure and criticism”. Firstly it would help if Villa fielded their best players, it seems key players are being left out again and again, the majority of Villa fans want the likes of Carles Gil (Most creative player) Jordan Ayew and Jordan Amavi to be played each game.